diff --git a/karma-js.conf.js b/karma-js.conf.js
index 50b812b9d6..4c5a80083f 100644
--- a/karma-js.conf.js
+++ b/karma-js.conf.js
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ module.exports = function(config) {
       'dist/all/@angular/**/*node_only_spec.js',
       'dist/all/@angular/benchpress/**',
       'dist/all/@angular/compiler-cli/**',
-      'dist/all/@angular/core/test/render3/**',
       'dist/all/@angular/compiler/test/aot/**',
       'dist/all/@angular/examples/**/e2e_test/*',
       'dist/all/@angular/language-service/**',
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
index 15862a9f2a..cd8f6b268d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
@@ -264,6 +264,14 @@ export function createLNode(
 //// Render
 //////////////////////////
 
+/**
+ * Resets the application state.
+ */
+function resetApplicationState() {
+  isParent = false;
+  previousOrParentNode = null !;
+}
+
 /**
  *
  * @param host Existing node to render into.
@@ -274,6 +282,7 @@ export function renderTemplate<T>(
     hostNode: RElement, template: ComponentTemplate<T>, context: T,
     providedRendererFactory: RendererFactory3, host: LElement | null): LElement {
   if (host == null) {
+    resetApplicationState();
     rendererFactory = providedRendererFactory;
     host = createLNode(
         null, LNodeFlags.Element, hostNode,
@@ -499,6 +508,7 @@ export function locateHostElement(
  * @param rNode Render host element.
  */
 export function hostElement(rNode: RElement | null, def: ComponentDef<any>) {
+  resetApplicationState();
   createLNode(
       0, LNodeFlags.Element, rNode, createViewState(-1, renderer, getTemplateStatic(def.template)));
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/component_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/component_spec.ts
index 1d54685d31..88c21aeea0 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/component_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/component_spec.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import {ViewEncapsulation} from '../../src/core';
 import {D, E, T, b, defineComponent, e, markDirty, t} from '../../src/render3/index';
-import {createRendererType2} from '../../src/view';
+import {createRendererType2} from '../../src/view/index';
 
 import {getRendererFactory2} from './imported_renderer2';
 import {containerEl, renderComponent, requestAnimationFrame} from './render_util';
@@ -117,15 +117,15 @@ describe('encapsulation', () => {
   it('should encapsulate children, but not host nor grand children', () => {
     renderComponent(WrapperComponent, getRendererFactory2(document));
     expect(containerEl.outerHTML)
-        .toEqual(
-            '<div host=""><encapsulated _nghost-c0="">foo<leaf _ngcontent-c0=""><span>bar</span></leaf></encapsulated></div>');
+        .toMatch(
+            /<div host=""><encapsulated _nghost-c(\d+)="">foo<leaf _ngcontent-c\1=""><span>bar<\/span><\/leaf><\/encapsulated><\/div>/);
   });
 
   it('should encapsulate host', () => {
     renderComponent(EncapsulatedComponent, getRendererFactory2(document));
     expect(containerEl.outerHTML)
-        .toEqual(
-            '<div host="" _nghost-c0="">foo<leaf _ngcontent-c0=""><span>bar</span></leaf></div>');
+        .toMatch(
+            /<div host="" _nghost-c(\d+)="">foo<leaf _ngcontent-c\1=""><span>bar<\/span><\/leaf><\/div>/);
   });
 
   it('should encapsulate host and children with different attributes', () => {
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ describe('encapsulation', () => {
 
     renderComponent(WrapperComponentWith, getRendererFactory2(document));
     expect(containerEl.outerHTML)
-        .toEqual(
-            '<div host="" _nghost-c2=""><leaf _ngcontent-c2="" _nghost-c3=""><span _ngcontent-c3="">bar</span></leaf></div>');
+        .toMatch(
+            /<div host="" _nghost-c(\d+)=""><leaf _ngcontent-c\1="" _nghost-c(\d+)=""><span _ngcontent-c\2="">bar<\/span><\/leaf><\/div>/);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/render_util.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/render_util.ts
index d08b7808b3..0602cf0005 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/render_util.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/render_util.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ requestAnimationFrame.flush = function() {
 export function resetDOM() {
   requestAnimationFrame.queue = [];
   if (containerEl) {
-    document.body.removeChild(containerEl);
+    try {
+      document.body.removeChild(containerEl);
+    } catch (e) {
+    }
   }
   containerEl = document.createElement('div');
   containerEl.setAttribute('host', '');
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/renderer_factory_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/renderer_factory_spec.ts
index dc5eadcadf..3640d91823 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/renderer_factory_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/renderer_factory_spec.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import {AnimationEvent} from '@angular/animations';
 import {MockAnimationDriver, MockAnimationPlayer} from '@angular/animations/browser/testing';
 
 import {RendererType2, ViewEncapsulation} from '../../src/core';
-import {D, E, L, T, b, defineComponent, detectChanges, e, p} from '../../src/render3';
-import {createRendererType2} from '../../src/view';
+import {D, E, L, T, b, defineComponent, detectChanges, e, p} from '../../src/render3/index';
+import {createRendererType2} from '../../src/view/index';
 
 import {getAnimationRendererFactory2, getRendererFactory2} from './imported_renderer2';
 import {containerEl, document, renderComponent, renderToHtml} from './render_util';
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ describe('animation renderer factory', () => {
     const factory = getAnimationRendererFactory2(document);
     const component = renderComponent(SomeComponentWithAnimation, factory);
     expect(containerEl.innerHTML)
-        .toEqual('<div class="ng-tns-c1-0 ng-trigger ng-trigger-myAnimation">foo</div>');
+        .toMatch(/<div class="ng-tns-c\d+-0 ng-trigger ng-trigger-myAnimation">foo<\/div>/);
 
     component.exp = 'on';
     detectChanges(component);